Post by Cincinnati Reds (Mike) on Feb 17, 2020 21:59:49 GMT -6
So I saw this blow up on fantasy baseball Twitter and figured it was at least worth bringing it up for a discussion, though it doesn't affect me. It does sound like Fantrax positions could be overridden if there's a consensus.
Ohtani is currently only UT eligible and not eligible at pitcher, since he played last year but only qualified at DH. The way the rules are currently set, after he starts 3 games as a pitcher he'd gain SP eligibility. (If he makes any relief appearances early on, uses an opener, etc., it's not clear to me how that would work. 5 relief appearances would give RP eligibility, I don't see specifications for just P elgibility.)
The two schools of thought on this seem to be:
1. Position eligibility in fantasy baseball is dictated by appearances in the previous season. If a player doesn't qualify at any positions (i.e. blows out his knee on Opening Day), you would revert to the prior season, but in this case Ohtani played enough to qualify at UT. End of story.
2. The Angels have been able to officially designate Ohtani as a two-way player with MLB this year with the new rule in effect. Going back to the injury idea, if any other pitcher misses an entire season with TJ, he of course retains pitcher eligibility when he comes back. Ohtani would essentially be penalized because he was still able to contribute to the Angels last year.
I think P/UT eligibility makes sense myself, though I'm not going to energetically fight for it. The official MLB designations (pitcher vs. position player vs. two-way) seem like a very consistent way to address this to prevent any crazy cases in the future. If a guy has two-way status with MLB, seems like he should at least be P/UT eligible.
Ohtani is currently only UT eligible and not eligible at pitcher, since he played last year but only qualified at DH. The way the rules are currently set, after he starts 3 games as a pitcher he'd gain SP eligibility. (If he makes any relief appearances early on, uses an opener, etc., it's not clear to me how that would work. 5 relief appearances would give RP eligibility, I don't see specifications for just P elgibility.)
The two schools of thought on this seem to be:
1. Position eligibility in fantasy baseball is dictated by appearances in the previous season. If a player doesn't qualify at any positions (i.e. blows out his knee on Opening Day), you would revert to the prior season, but in this case Ohtani played enough to qualify at UT. End of story.
2. The Angels have been able to officially designate Ohtani as a two-way player with MLB this year with the new rule in effect. Going back to the injury idea, if any other pitcher misses an entire season with TJ, he of course retains pitcher eligibility when he comes back. Ohtani would essentially be penalized because he was still able to contribute to the Angels last year.
I think P/UT eligibility makes sense myself, though I'm not going to energetically fight for it. The official MLB designations (pitcher vs. position player vs. two-way) seem like a very consistent way to address this to prevent any crazy cases in the future. If a guy has two-way status with MLB, seems like he should at least be P/UT eligible.